When I published ‘The Story of Asset Management’, my publisher sent me a book, ‘How to sell your first 10,000 copies’, full of useful information. I was embarrassed. I wanted it read. Of course I did. I had written it to give current Asset Managers knowledge of the history of…
Abstract: When AM was new, and practitioners were curious, I introduced the ‘back page case study’ challenge in AMQ. This was the first one. “George Netherby, the Chief Engineer at Clena Waterways, was delighted. The new cathodic protection results were excellent. For only $100m, the bulk of the agency’s pipelines,…
Where we are now To a large extent, SACON has a captive market for school maintenance. But the cost imposed by a wide geographic dispersion and non-uniform service has already sparked agitation for change and could result in the loss of this market. Similarly, we have, if not exactly a…
After producing eight reports on the cost and timing of asset renewal for the Parliament, I joined SACON, the South Australian Department of Construction, formerly known as the ‘Public Buildings Department’. This title accurately reflected its role, but it wanted to focus more on the ‘exciting’ work of construction and…